Announcements
February 4, 2020
UAMS Launches New Online Literary Journal
![Medicine and Meaning logo](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MM-logo-150x150.jpg)
Medicine and Meaning, a new UAMS literary journal featuring works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and images, was launched Feb. 4 to foster creativity, imagination and the arts throughout the academic medical center and the UAMS Health system. “Our UAMS community is full of artistic and creative individuals and our journal is a venue to share…
February 3, 2020
Center for Diversity Affairs Becomes Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
![The reorganization includes the launch of a new website at ddei.uams.edu.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DDEI-website-150x150.png)
The UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, first established in 2011, has been reorganized into the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The change was prompted by a growth of the division and its strategic objectives under the direction of Brian Gittens, Ed.D., who joined UAMS as vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion in June…
January 30, 2020
Students Receive Exams, Glasses from UAMS Volunteers on MLK Day
![UAMS Medical Student John Musser checks the vision of a student who visited JEI on MLK Day.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0887-150x150.jpg)
More than 120 students from Little Rock and the surrounding area got a late Christmas present from volunteers at UAMS on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: the gift of clearer vision. The Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Pediatric Vision Outreach event was organized by nonprofit Rural Ophthalmology Optometry Treatment & Screening (ROOTS) and Shepherd’s…
January 29, 2020
11 Fitness Center Members Completed Yearlong Challenge
![Team UAMS members work out in the Fitness Center. The 12x12 Challenge encourages participants to work out at least 12 times a month for an entire year.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Fitness-Center-1-150x150.jpg)
Eleven members of the UAMS Fitness Center successfully completed the 12×12 Challenge in 2019.
January 27, 2020
Bone Research Showcased as Vibrant, Vital at UAMS
![Crowd shot of poster session from above](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Research-showcase-Bone-01222020-DSC_0142-150x150.jpg)
Bone health is an expanding area of research with far-reaching clinical applications — from regenerating limbs to stopping bone cancer in its tracks — and UAMS is well-situated as a leader in the field. That was the resounding theme of the Showcase of Medical Discoveries: A Focus on Bone Research, held Jan. 22 at UAMS….
January 24, 2020
Paul H. Phillips, M.D., Named Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of Jones Eye Institute at UAMS
![Paul Phillips](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Phillips_Paul-H_wide-150x150.jpg)
Paul H. Phillips, M.D., has been appointed chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine and director of the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). “Dr. Phillips brings exceptional strengths to his new post as a highly respected leader in pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus,…
UAMS Professor’s New Book Sheds Light on Neuroscience and the Law
![Edgar Garcia-Rill holds a copy of the recently published "Fundamentals of Neuroscience and the Law," which he co-authored with the late Erica Beecher-Monas.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WEB-Garcia-Rill-Book-150x150.jpg)
If science isn’t about the search for absolute truth but instead the search for the best possible answer, then a UAMS professor hopes he and his late co-author have found the best answers so far to questions about neuroscience and the law. Cambridge Scholars Publishing recently released a new textbook on the subject “Fundamentals of…
January 17, 2020
UAMS Celebration of MLK Encourages Attendees to Serve
![Guest speaker Crystal C. Mercer speaks about public service during the UAMS Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/MLK-event-in-JTS-01152020-DSC_9364-150x150.jpg)
Service was the centerpiece as employees and students gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15, enjoying addresses from campus leaders and a guest speaker and then breaking for lunch and to sign up for volunteer opportunities. “Today I want to talk about how Dr. King…
January 16, 2020
Team UAMS Takes on Blue and You Fitness Challenge
![NamastaPA won first place in the 21-50 participants category.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NamastePA2019-150x150.jpg)
It’s almost time for the 2020 Blue and You Fitness Challenge. Before we lace up our sneakers and get to work, let’s look back at the 2019 challenge.
January 9, 2020
UAMS Level 1 Trauma Center Recognized by American College of Surgeons
![UAMS has a comprehensive Emergency Department prepared to treat a wide range of medical needs with immediate, around-the-clock access to orthopaedic and trauma surgeons, neurologists, cardiologists and other specialists.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ER-Entrance-150x150.jpg)
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has once again been designated by the American College of Surgeons as the state’s only adult Level 1 Trauma Center, signifying UAMS can provide the highest level of trauma care for the most serious and urgent cases. UAMS first achieved this Level 1 verification in 2017 after…
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